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The Five-Second Rule Could Actually Apply, But Mostly Outdoors

You probably knew the old "five-second rule"—dropped food can be safely picked up within five seconds—wasn't scientific. But scientists have analyzed it anyways. One tip to walk away with? Food dropped outside is far safer than dropped in your kitchen.

Health blogger Julie Deardroff takes on the studies and science around the five-second rule, and comes to a pretty common sense conclusion: we're all far more likely to apply an "It's still good" attitude to food we're craving over food we should probably eat for our health. But in asking around about the various studies with conflicting results, Deardroff digs up two bits of advice that probably mess with your perception of Dropped Food Science (DFS): Read more at lifehacker.com